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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. BRINKERHOFF, OF AUBURN, NEIV YORK.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.

EBPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 345,952, dated July20, 1886.

Application filed February 6, 1886. Serial No. 191,0( '0.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN J. BRINKERHOFF, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Auburn, Cayuga county, New York, have invented newand useful Improvements in Clothes- VVringers, of which the following isaspecification.

My invention relates to clothes-wringers; and the purpose thereof is,first, to provide the wringer rolls with actuating gearing so combinedtherewith that the rolls shall not only have synchronous revolution, butshall be capable of separation or other relative adjustment at either orboth ends without unmeshing the gearing or impeding its natural, easy,and effective operation; second, to so organize the parts of a wringerthat in all the movements of the upper or. adjustable roll with relationto the other or lower roll there shall not only be no separation of thegears at either end of the machine, but that said gears shall at alltimes and during everyadjustment occupy substantially the same relativepositionfretain the same mesh, and wear practically upon the same pitch.

It is my purpose, also, to accomplish the results proposed bysimplif'ying the mechanism heretofore in use by reducing the number ofessential parts, and thereby promoting the efficiency and durability ofthe mechanism, and greatly reducing the cost of its manufacture.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction andcombinations of parts, hereinafterfully set forth, and definitelypointed out in the claims annexed to this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a wringerin which my invention is embodied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section in theline a: .r, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspectiveviewof the operative parts incorrect relative position, one of the bearings of the counter shaft androllcompressing springs being removed. Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofthe crank endof the machine. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing a furthermodification.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 designates the clamps bywhich the wringer' is attached to the tub, and which may be of anydesired form. Upon each of these clamps (Modeh) is mounted, in anysuitable manner, a connecting bar or cross strip, 2, to each end whereofis bolted a U spring, 3,01, as it is some times termed, a C shapedspring. These springs are preferably attached to the crossbar 2 by theirlower arms, 3", the point of attachment being near the extremity of eacharm, whereby the free ends of said arms are arranged in about the samevertical plane.

The arms of springs 3 are provided near their opposite extremities withbearings l, adapted to receive the journals 5 of the rollshafts, andthese bearings may be formed in the metal of the spring-arms, or may beseparately constructed and attached.

The wringer-rolls 6 and 7 have their shafts journaled in the manner setforth. Upon the shaft of one roll, at the crank end of the machine, ismounted a gear, 8, and upon the shaft of the other roll, at the oppositeend of the wringer, is mounted a similar gear, 9. The gear 8 meshes witha pinion, 10, carried by a counter-shaft, 11, and the gear 9 is drivenby the same counter-shaft through an intermediate gear, 12, meshing witha pinion, 10, on the counter-shaft.

In the preferred form of construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, thecounter-shaft 11 is journaled at the crank end in a bearing, 13, carriedby the upper arm, 3, of the spring 3, said bearing being located just inrear of the bearing at of the upper-roll journal. These parts will,therefore, at all times and under all circumstances of possibleadjustments, occupy the same relative position, and the gears 8 and 10remain in mesh, wearing upon the same pitch. The counter-shaft is atthis end prolonged to receive and carry the actuatingcrank 14. At theother extremity of the counter-shaft I prefer to mount the bearing uponthe lower arm, 3, of the spring 3, and to make it a part of the bearingfor the intermediate gear, 12. In using this construction I mount uponthe lower arm of said spring a bearing-piece, 16, rising preferablyinside the spring and containing a support for the intermediate gear,12, the bearing 13 for the countor-shaft being upon or in thebearing-piece 16, at or near its upper end, which is carried outwardabove the arm of the spring 3, so as to permit any desired upwardmovement of the roll 6 within practical limits. By this construction theaxes of the intermediate gear and of the counter-shaft at that end ofthe wringer are carried by the same rigid support, and the upper roll isfree to move upward to any extent necessary in the practical operationof the machine without in the slightest manner affecting the relationsof the intermediate gear, 12, and the gear 10, or disturbing their mesh.Moreover, it will beseen that no matter what adjustment may be given theupper or movable roll, 6, relatively to the lower roll, 7, whether theseparation takes place at one or at both ends, the actuatinggcaring atboth ends will remain at all times in the same mesh, acting and wearingpractically upon the same pitch-line, and thereby greatly promoting theease of operation and the durability of the machine.

Asa modified construction, I may mount the end of the counter-shaft 11in a box, 13, upon the upper arm of the spring, and journal theintermediate gear in an arm, 11, which may be rigidly attached to orform part of the bearing 13 of the counter-shaft, as shown in Fig. 5.

Every element of my organized mechanism is an active and positive factorin the production of the results sought; and owing to this arrangementthe wringer is not only greatly simplified in construction andmaterially re duced in cost, but is rendered more effective in use, ismore easily operated, and is far more durable.

Vhat I claim is 1. Ihe combination, with the wringer-rolls and U-shapedsprings, of a shaft mounted on one of said springs and provided with adriving-gear, said driving-gear meshing with a gear upon one of saidrolls, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the wringer-rolls and U-shaped springs, of ashaft mounted at one end upon one of said springs and provided with adriving-gear meshing with a gear on one of the wringenrolls, said shaftbeing geared at its opposite end with and driving the otherwringer-roll, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the wringer-rolls and U-shaped pressuresprings,of a countershaft provided with a pinion at each end and a crank, one ofsaid pinions gearing with and operating the upper roll, and the othergeared with and operating the lower roll, the said counter-shaft beingmounted at the end geared with the upper roll in a bearing upon theupper branch of one of the U-shaped springs, substantially as shown anddescribed.

4. The combination, with the wringcnrolls and U-shaped springs, of acounter-shaft pro: vided with a pinion at each end and a crank, one ofsaid pinions geared with and operating the lower roll, the other gearedwith and 0p crating the upper roll, the said counter-shaft being mountedat one end in a bearing upon one of the U-shaped springs, and at theother end in a bracket attached to a stationary part of the wringer,subslantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. BRINKERHOFF.

\Vitnesses:

J. BRINKERHOFF, Jos. O. ANDERSON.

